Alpine: multiple libxext packages: security update to 1.3.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401234

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of
insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XcupGetReservedColormapEntries,
(2) XcupStoreColors, (3) XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6)
XSyncListSystemCounters functions. (CVE-2013-1982)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=adf915bf8b5c4ff1c07648f42cee8ab4d804dede

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c3c243cd3795568ab5dd6fb7648f225ef2dbf593

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401234

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1982

BID: 60126